Background: Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986. Continuing challenges include Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorism and further reductions in unemployment.
May 29th 2004Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid Today was another early wake up as we had to reboard our bus for the drive back to Madrid. Before leaving, the entire group gathered in front of the bus for a group photo. Since we were such a small g ... 10 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid We arrived in Madrid not having a place to stay for the night, but we easily found a hostel and slept soundly with eight other French guests. We spent a good amount of time lounging about lazily in t ... 7 photos[full story]
March 14th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid Word of advice, if you’re planning on booking travel…..look into it! We had to somehow make our way from Barcelona to Madrid and realised it was a good 5 hours and 100€ by train! How ... 181 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid Hola! Que tal? It's been a while since we did a Madrid blog, so we thought we'd update you on what we have been up to in the city, apart from teaching people to speak the lingo, obviously....
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May 3rd 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid From the moment I breathe life into lyric
Alguien me pregunta de donde soy,
Even if my accent is perfect,
My grammer, accidentally flawless for a moment,
There is way that my mouth moves awkwa ... [full story]
April 26th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » El Escorial
On Saturday we decided it was time for another day trip. We leave Madrid at the end of June, which isn't very long now. We want to see more of the surrounding area before we go. We decided on an aft ... 8 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid April 25-27
Wow am I behind! We’ve been so busy, on the move, or just plain exhausted that I haven’t had a second to get on my laptop, except to send a few quick e-mails. Now, however, ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid After a hot sleepless night, we woke up late and didn’t get started on our day as early as we would have liked. Beware: many of the hotels in Spain do not turn on the A/C until mid May, regardle ... 8 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid Hallo! Ich (=Kathi) sitz grad im Internetcafe und will euch wieder neue Fotos hochladen (Osterwoche). Wie ihr wisst sind wir im Sueden gewesen, Fotos die jetzt kommen sind in Sevilla und in Cadiz etns ... [full story]
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